ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
CAMPUS AWARD Research for a Sustainable Future: Award ceremony on 7 May 2025
29/04/2025 | The ceremony to bestow the CAMPUS Award: Research for a Sustainable Future will take place at the University of Bremen on 7 May from 18:00 onwards. The prize goes to outstanding young scientists on the campus of the University of Bremen who are...
ZMT and think tank BIMRAD in Bangladesh sign MoU
16/04/2025 | Last week, on April 8, 2025, Dr. Marion Glaser and further ZMT delegates had the pleasure to visit the Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 2018, BIMRAD is a non-profitable think...
New fish species discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
11/04/2025 | Scientists from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen, together with colleagues from Central America, have described a new fish species in the Gulf of Mexico. Hypoplectrus espinosai belongs to the hamlet group and was...
Future Day: A day as a marine researcher
07/04/2025 | During the Future Day at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), curious schoolchildren got an insight into in marine research. The programme included taking water samples, microscopy, DNA extraction, chromatography and a visit to...
Sustainable Agricultural Systems for Urban Nutrition: food4future enters second funding phase
07/04/2025 | This text is currently only available in German... Wie können zukünftige Generationen nachhaltig mit gesunden Lebensmitteln versorgt werden? Damit befasst sich das Verbundprojekt „food4future – Nahrung der Zukunft“. Es wird vom Bundesministerium für...
Strengthening scientific ties between Germany and New Zealand
17/03/2025 | On behalf of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Dr. Julian Lilkendey traveled to New Zealand as part of a delegation from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), and...
New cooperation in tropical marine research: ZMT signs MoU with the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM) in Madagascar
17/03/2025 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM) in Toliara, Madagascar. This cooperation aims at joint projects and...
Taking the seagrass taxi: How foraminifera move from the coast to the depths of the Red Sea
Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but also play an important role in sediment formation. Along tropical and subtropical coasts, large benthic foraminifera live...
Great scientific interest in the circular economy in China: ZMT Scientific Director Raimund Bleischwitz honoured for ‘Most Downloaded Paper’
11/03/2025 | In 2022, Prof Dr Raimund Bleischwitz published a review paper on the circular economy in China as lead author. He and his co-authors have now been recognized with their publication paper “The circular economy in China. Achievements, challenges and...
Science as a driver of innovation: Impulses from the Leibniz Association for a cooperative science system
07/03/2025 | In the face of global crises, our society is facing acute challenges. Our 96 Leibniz Institutes develop science-based solutions for the major transformation processes of our time through their long-standing practice of interdisciplinary...